Day: February 3, 2019

This scenic Swiss town is prime territory for those who love snow sports. Other distractions include galleries, glamorous old hotels, and restaurants serving robust Alpine meals. A tiny Swiss mountain town with a big, glitz-infused name, St. Moritz is the winter getaway that made the ski holiday a high-life ideal. As far back as the…

Singapore has a reputation for being a super-safe and super-clean city. But visitors should also be aware there is zero tolerance on crime – a 29-year-old Briton hit the headlines recently after being sentenced to 24 lashes for drug offences. Now there are a host of new design hotels in the city, a fantastic bar…

No one travels as often as flight attendants and pilots. Here are 10 travel tricks they learn in training. 1. Before you fly, use a marker pen and write your name, home city and email address on a sheet of A4 paper. Get it laminated in a print shop and put it inside your suitcase…

If you drive in Austria you are almost nine times as likely to have a car accident as someone taking to the road in Denmark. In Austria there are 43.6 crashes per 10,000 residents, and in Denmark, just five, according to the EU. The second and third poorest drivers, using the same model, are the…

According to legend, if the groundhog sees his shadow on February 2nd, there will be six more weeks of winter; if not, an early spring is predicted. Of course groundhogs – also known as woodchucks – don’t emerge at this time just to be furry weather predictors. So what’s the real reason? Research into groundhog…

This is VOA news. I’m David Byrd in Washington. Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaidó is again calling for the military to defect to his side as the country’s President Nicholás Maduro proposes to hold early elections that could potentially oust his challenger. We get details from AP’s Julie Walker. Venezuela’s President Nicholás Maduro told thousands…

No, grunge wasn’t just white guys from Seattle, and the ‘27 Club’ is smaller than you think In 1958, Danny and the Juniors crooned “Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay,” and they’ve yet to be proved wrong. Rock music has been part of the American pop-culture bedrock from the 1960s heyday of the Beach…

BBC news with Maria Marshall. Thousands of opposition supporters have taken to the streets across Venezuela in a bid to force President Nicolas Maduro to stand down and agree to new elections. Self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaidó addressed the crowds in the capital Caracas. Thousands of Mr. Maudro’s own supporters gathered in a different part…

An electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) is a device that allows users to inhale nicotine by heating a vapour from a solution that contain nicotine, propylene and flavourings. As there is no burning involved, there is no smoke like a traditional cigarette. But while they have been branded as carrying a lower risk than cigarettes, an increasing…

E-cigarettes are nearly twice as effective as nicotine gum or patches at helping people quit smoking, a landmark trial found. The NHS-funded study identified ‘vaping’ as six times more effective than trying to kick the habit alone. Officials last night called for health professionals to start recommending the devices far more widely. They said staff…